The Sh???h asked for the document, which, being presented to him, was found to be a petition praying him to allow his sect, viz. the B???b???s, to establish themselves in Persia and exercise their religion openly the same as Christians and other sects, [undertaking] that they would live peaceably under his rule and infringe no laws, [and] that if any doubt existed in the Sh???h's mind as to their